Cocaine 'worth £20m' found in frozen meat at Harwich Port

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A lorry driver has been charged with attempting to import Class A drugs after cocaine with a street value of £20m was discovered inside frozen meat.

Border force officers found 200kg of drug packages wrapped in meat in the back of a truck at Harwich Port in Essex, on Monday.

The truck had come from Holland and the driver, Robert Tromp from Hillegom in the Netherlands, was arrested.

The haul had a street value of £20m, The National Crime Agency said.

Mr Tromp appeared at Colchester Magistrates' Court and has been remanded in custody.

The 48-year-old is due to appear at Chelmsford Crown Court on 12 December.

National Crime Agency branch commander Jacque Beer said: "Our investigation into those responsible is continuing, but we can say that this will have put a big dent in the profits of the criminal network likely to be behind it and caused them substantial disruption."